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Brown, Fenner (1791-1869) [Memorial to Rhode Island Assembly attacking the Banks]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06305 Author/Creator: Brown, Fenner (1791-1869) Place Written: Cumberland, Rhode Island Type: Broadside Date: October 1839 Pagination: 1 p. ; 40 x 21.6 cm. Order a Copy

Appeal to Rhode Island Assembly, complaining of the banks' refusal to pay its debts, or pay for its currency. Calls to "abolish the whole system of banks at once." Signed in type by Brown, White, "and 4 others."

Fenner Brown represented Cumberland in the general assembly for many years.

Brown, Fenner, 1791-1869
White, Aaron Jr., fl. 1839

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